Wow, I am so glad I opted for a 10lb-er rather than a 12lb-er! I totally underestimated just how hard the exercises would be.
I'm absolutely not a sportsman, but I work in a grocery shop & I spend a fair amount of time humping stuff around (sacks of potatoes, crates of beer etc) & considered myself reasonably strong.
However, having done my first two days (7 reps to each side of each of the 10 canonical movements, rinse & repeat until the timer goes), I'm afraid I'm gonna have to take a break today & have a three day weekend to recover! The way I feel at the moment, I'd be seriously worried that when, say, tucking bails, I'd falter & end up smacking myself in the face with the business-end of my sledge...
What I find interesting is the "slow-burn" effect on my muscles - during & immediately after each session, the ache was confined to my forearms, my central, lower back & my outer, lower abdominal region. By yesterday evening my biceps were feeling it &, upon waking up this morning, there's scarcely a part of my upper body which isn't aching! Not the kind of pain caused by injury, I should point out, just what you'd expect from a damned hard workout.
So I'm sorry to, so soon, be failing in the habit of doing it every weekday, but I hope that taking three days to recover will allow me make a better stab at it next week.
I'm actually encouraged by the fact that so much of me hurts - presumably it's the very bits of me which hurt now which will, in time, be made stronger. Which is pretty much everything from the waist up! Ha ha!
Thanks, Reinhard, for having such a brilliant idea & sharing it with us all - I look forward to getting stuck back in come Monday
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